EXPOSURE: Preparing for the Durga Puja Festival

Preparing for the Durga Puja Festival

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An Indian artisan mixes paints to paint on clay idol of Hindu goddess Durga inside his workshop in Kumartoli, the idol makers' village of Siliguri, on October 2, 2013. The economic slowdown and rising inflation add to the difficulties of the artisans ahead of this five-day Durga Puja festival to be celebrated in October. The event commemorates the slaying of a demon king Mahishasur by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil.

An Indian artisan mixes paints to paint on clay idol of Hindu goddess Durga inside his workshop in Kumartoli, the idol makers' village of Siliguri, on October 2, 2013. The economic slowdown and rising inflation add to the difficulties of the artisans ahead of this five-day Durga Puja festival to be celebrated in October. The event commemorates the slaying of a demon king Mahishasur by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP/Getty Images)

A clay idol of Hindu goddess is loaded onto a vehicle to be taken to a place of worship from a workshop in Kumartoli, the idol makers' village of Siliguri, on October 2, 2013. The economic slowdown and rising inflation add to the difficulties of the artisans ahead of this five-day Durga Puja festival to be celebrated in October. The event commemorates the slaying of a demon king Mahishasur by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil.

A clay idol of Hindu goddess is loaded onto a vehicle to be taken to a place of worship from a workshop in Kumartoli, the idol makers' village of Siliguri, on October 2, 2013. The economic slowdown and rising inflation add to the difficulties of the artisans ahead of this five-day Durga Puja festival to be celebrated in October. The event commemorates the slaying of a demon king Mahishasur by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP/Getty Images)